Santa Ana cheerleading teams to contend for regional title

Pop Warner Santa Ana's Monarchs mideget cheerleading team. Three Pop Warner Santa Ana cheerleading teams qualified for the regional championship at the Long Beach Convention Center on Nov. 24 with a chance of moving onto the national championship at Disney World in Orlando, Fla. COURTESY OF PAMELA LOLLIS

Three Santa Ana Pop Warner cheerleading teams will compete in Sunday's regional championship at the Long Beach Convention Center.

The Santa Ana Monarchs' three teams are the junior peewee team, composed of 8- to 11-year-olds; the pee wee team for 9- to 12-year-olds; and the midget team, made up of 11- to 15-year-olds.

The Wescon regional championship draws teams from Southern California, Arizona, Hawaii and southern Nevada. The top two teams will qualify for the national championships next month at Disney World.

This is the midget team's third straight year in the regional championship, said Pamela Lollis, cheerleading coordinator for Santa Ana Pop Warner. It's the first time in four years that the junior peewee team has gone to the regional competition.

At the Oct. 20 league championship, the Monarchs' junior peewee and peewee teams placed first, and the midget team placed second to advance, said Lollis.

Santa Ana Pop Warner is a football and cheerleading league for youths 5-15. Girls and boys can be involved in football or cheerleading.

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